Fenestration assembly and installation system for the same

Abstract

A fenestration installation adjustment system includes one or more jack sockets configured to couple with a fenestration frame of a fenestration assembly. The one or more jack sockets include a contoured socket profile. One or more adjustment jacks are received in one of the one or more jack sockets. Each of the adjustment jacks includes a contoured jack profile complementary to the contoured socket profile. The adjustment jack and the contoured jack profile are movable relative to the respective jack socket along the contoured socket profile. The adjustment jacks each include an engagement foot configured for surface to surface engagement with a rough opening boundary surface. Movement of the adjustment jack relative to the jack socket is configured to move the fenestration frame according to the relative movement.

1 . A fenestration assembly comprising:
 a fenestration frame including an interior perimeter portion and an exterior perimeter portion, wherein the exterior perimeter portion of the fenestration frame is configured for positioning in a rough opening of a building;   at least one panel coupled with the fenestration frame;   one or more jack sockets included in the fenestration frame and the one or more jack sockets each include a contoured socket profile;   one or more adjustment jacks configured to adjust the position of the fenestration frame with respect to the rough opening, wherein each of the one or more adjustment jacks include:
 a contoured jack profile complementary to the contoured socket profile, the contoured jack profile movably coupled along the contoured socket profile; and 
 an engagement foot configured for surface to surface engagement with a boundary surface of the rough opening; 
   wherein operation of the adjustment jack is configured to drive the contoured jack profile over the contoured socket profile and translate the fenestration frame relative to the engagement foot in surface to surface engagement with the boundary surface; and   a locking fastener configured to fix the position of the fenestration frame with respect to the rough opening.   
     
     
         2 . The fenestration assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the adjustment jack is installed through the exterior perimeter portion of the fenestration frame into the jack socket. 
     
     
         3 . The fenestration assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the fenestration frame includes one or more jack access ports, and the one or more jack access ports are located along the interior perimeter portion of the fenestration frame, and wherein the jack access ports reveal an operation feature of the one or more adjustment jacks. 
     
     
         4 . The fenestration assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the jack socket includes a proximate portion of the fenestration frame extending around the adjustment jack. 
     
     
         5 . The fenestration assembly of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the fenestration frame includes one or more jack recesses extending between the exterior and interior perimeter portions of the fenestration frame; and   the one or more jack sockets include one or more jack inserts within the one or more jack recesses, the jack inserts having the contoured socket profile.   
     
     
         6 . The fenestration assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the adjustment jack includes a first end and a second end, and each of the first and second ends include an operation feature configured to install or operate the adjustment jack. 
     
     
         7 . The fenestration assembly of  claim 6 , wherein the operation features of the first and second ends include driver sockets. 
     
     
         8 . The fenestration assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the engagement foot includes a plate surface proximate one of first or second ends of the adjustment jack. 
     
     
         9 . The fenestration assembly of  claim 8 , wherein the plate surface is oriented parallel to the boundary surface of the rough opening. 
     
     
         10 . The fenestration assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the panel is moveable between an open position and a closed position. 
     
     
         11 . The fenestration assembly of  claim 1  comprising the rough opening and the boundary surface of the rough opening. 
     
     
         12 . A fenestration installation adjustment system comprising:
 one or more jack sockets configured to couple with a fenestration frame of a fenestration assembly, wherein the one or more jack sockets include a contoured socket profile;   one or more adjustment jacks, each of the one or more adjustment jacks is received in one of the one or more jack sockets, wherein each adjustment jack includes:
 a contoured jack profile complementary to the contoured socket profile, the adjustment jack and the contoured jack profile movable relative to the respective jack socket along the contoured socket profile; 
 an engagement foot configured for surface to surface engagement with a rough opening boundary surface; and 
 wherein movement of the adjustment jack relative to the jack socket is configured to move the fenestration frame according to the relative movement. 
   
     
     
         13 . The fenestration installation adjustment system of  claim 12 , wherein the one or more jack sockets are configured for reception in corresponding one or more jack recesses extending between exterior and interior portions of the fenestration frame. 
     
     
         14 . The fenestration installation adjustment system of  claim 12 , wherein the jack socket includes jack insert having:
 a first flange positioned at a first end of the jack insert;   a second flange positioned at a second end of the jack insert; and   wherein the jack insert is configured to receive a portion of the fenestration frame between the first flange and the second flange and anchor the jack insert with the fenestration frame.   
     
     
         15 . The fenestration installation adjustment system of  claim 13 , wherein the jack insert includes one or more deflectable fingers, and the one or more deflectable fingers are suspended between one or more slots in the jack socket. 
     
     
         16 . The fenestration installation adjustment system of  claim 12 , wherein the one or more jack sockets each include one or more interference ridges extending from the respective jack sockets, and the one or more interference ridges are configured to engage with the fenestration frame to provide an interference fit between the jack socket and the fenestration frame. 
     
     
         17 . A method for installing a fenestration assembly in a rough opening of a building comprising:
 positioning a fenestration frame of the fenestration assembly within the rough opening, the fenestration frame includes one or more adjustment jacks;   adjusting the fenestration assembly relative to at least one boundary surface of the rough opening, adjusting the fenestration assembly includes:
 moving one or more adjustment jacks within one or more respective jack sockets, the one or more adjustment jacks having respective engagement feet; 
 wherein moving the one or more adjustment jacks includes pressing or relaxing surface to surface engagement of the respective engagement feet with the boundary surface; and 
 orienting at least a portion of the fenestration frame proximate to the one or more adjustment jacks to an adjusted position relative to the boundary surface according to pressing or relaxing of the surface to surface engagement of the respective engagement feet. 
   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein moving the one or more adjustment jacks includes driving a contoured jack profile of the one or more adjustment jacks over a contoured socket profile of the one or more jack sockets. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17  comprising engaging the engagement feet of the one or more adjustment jacks with the boundary surface of the rough opening. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17  comprising anchoring the fenestration frame in the adjusted position with a locking fastener between the fenestration frame and the boundary surface. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20  comprising:
 decoupling the locking fastener from the boundary surface of the rough opening; 
 moving the one or more adjustment jacks; 
 orienting at least the portion of the fenestration frame proximate to the one or more adjustment jacks to the adjusted position relative to the boundary surface according to pressing or relaxing of the surface to surface engagement of the respective engagement feet. 
 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 17  comprising positioning one or more shims between the fenestration frame and the boundary surface of the rough opening. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 17  comprising coupling the one or more jack sockets with the fenestration frame. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 17  comprising coupling the one or more adjustment jacks with the one or more jack sockets.